The purpose and power of praise and worship

• Glorifies God: "Whoever offers praise glorifies Me," Psalm 50:23.
• Invites God's Presence: God "inhabits the praises of His people".
• Spiritual Warfare: Praise is a weapon against the enemy, causing confusion and releasing God's power to fight on our behalf.
• Accelerates Prayer Answers: Praise can accelerate answers to prayer.
• Encourages Miracles and Wins Battles: The example of Paul and Silas in prison in Acts 16 shows how their praise led to a supernatural earthquake, releasing them from their chains. Another example is found in 2 Chronicles 20, where Judah faced a large army, and through praise and worship, God caused their enemies to fight each other.

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One of the first sayings I heard when I became a Christian was that God is faithful. We sang about the faithfulness of God. Whenever someone would endure a trial, we’d remind them that God is faithful. Faithfulness is a characteristic of God that is often talked about, but I wonder if it’s completely understood. Because we are always communicating about God’s faithfulness in the affirmative—God is faithful—I thought it would be helpful to examine faithfulness from a different perspective: what God’s faithfulness doesn’t mean.

Faithfulness doesn’t mean that God will answer every prayer the way you pray. When things are going well and it seems we are getting what we desire (perhaps through answered prayers), we may be quick to acknowledge God’s goodness and faithfulness. But the real challenge to our belief in God’s faithfulness is when we continue to experience unanswered prayers and when the trials of life begin to squeeze us like a lemon in a juicer. It’s hard, it’s sour, it doesn’t feel right. Can we still say and believe that God is faithful during those seasons?

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1 Samuel 16:7

Here's a breakdown of the verse's meaning:

• "Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature":
  This refers to not judging someone based on their physical appearance, such as their face or height.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "for the LORD seeth not as man seeth":
  This highlights the difference between God's perspective and human perspective. Humans are easily swayed by outward appearances, but God sees beyond that.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart":
  This emphasizes that God's focus is on a person's internal character, their thoughts, intentions, and motivations, rather than their external qualities.
  
  
  
  
  A young man walks in the church one Sunday morning, the smell of body odor an Alcohol steam from his body.

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